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The musical Milk And Honey, with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, is playing at The Martin Beck Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 543 performances.
The stage musical How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, starring Rudy Vallee, is playing at the 46th Street Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,417 performances.
The Oscar Peterson Trio with The Ernie Wilkins Big Band record I Love You, Manteca and other tracks in New York City, USA, for Verve Records.
While recovering from a dislocated neck in hospital in Camden, New Jersey, USA, Brenda Lee appears on tv show American Bandstand via videotape.
The movie That Touch Of Mink starring singer-actress Doris Day with Cary Grant as leading man, opens at cinemas in the USA.
Frank Sinatra comes to the end of three days of recording for a new album at CTS Studios, in Bayswater, London, UK. On this day he records We'll Meet Again, Now Is the Hour and We'll Gather Lilacs In The Spring.
Champion Jack Dupree records Sporting Life Blues and Diggin' My Potatoes in Copenhagen, Denmark, for Storyville Blues.
Jim Reeves records Little Ole You for RCA Records in the USA.
Perry Como records The Bells Of St Mary's in Webster Hall, New York City, USA.
A UK Silver Disc is awarded to the single A Picture Of You by singer and guitarist Joe Brown.
Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated plays its regular Thursday night residency at The Marquee Club, London, UK.
Carl Perkins plays the fourteenth of fifteen nights at The Golden Nugget, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Little Richard records Hole In The Wall, You'll Never Walk Alone, Eliger Rock, Jericho and If You Can't Take It, You Can't Make It at Conway Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Ray Charles is fined $757 in Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, for having refused to perform for a segregated audience [whites on the dance floor, blacks in the balcony] at Bell Auditorium in Augusta, Georgia, USA.
Jimmie Rodgers enters the UK singles chart with English Country Garden which will peak at No5.
Reggae vocalist Hugh Mundell is born in Kingston, Jamaica.
Country singer, songwriter and guitarist Willie Nelson records Hello Walls, Funny How Time Slips Away, Crazy and Wake Me When It's Over, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, for Liberty Records. (1962)


Perry Como records The Bells Of St Mary's in Webster Hall, New York City, USA.
Little Richard records Hole In The Wall, You'll Never Walk Alone, Eliger Rock, Jericho and If You Can't Take It,You Can't Make It at Conway Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA.
A UK Silver Disc is awarded to the single Come Outside by Mike Sarne and Wendy Richard.
Jerry Lee Lewis records Good Rockin' Tonight, My Girl Josephine, Be Bop A Lula and How's My Ex Treating You?, at Sun Studios, 639 Madison Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
The Oscar Peterson Trio with the Ernie Wilkins Big Band record I Love You, Manteca and other tracks in New York City, USA, for Verve Records.
Jerry Lee Lewis records How's My Ex Treating You, Be-Bop A Lula and a slowed-down version of the classic Good Rockin' Tonight, at the Sun Records Studio, 639 Madison Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Musicians on the session include Jerry Lee Lewis on vocals and piano, Scotty Moore and Roland Janes on guitars, J.W. Brown on bass, Shirley Sisk on organ and Al Jackson on drums.
Frank Sinatra comes to the end of three days of recording for a new album at CTS Studios, in Bayswater, London, UK. On this day he records We'll Meet Again, Now Is The Hour and We'll Gather Lilacs In The Spring.
A UK Silver Disc is awarded to the single A Picture Of You by singer and guitarist Joe Brown.